Author Dell Sweet

Re-fretting a neck… The first time the fretboard had been put under stress from the truss rod it had cracked straight through in three places. I had a choice to make, I had nothing into the neck, it is a good hard maple neck, straight, so I decided a look see to find out why […]

Three scrap wood build by Geo Dell My next project, a three guitar build. One Tele style body, one Strat style body, one SG style body. Start to finish builds similar to the last SG build. They will all be similar finishes and designs, yet different. It will be fun and keep me occupied for […]

FINISHING REPAIRS This section deals with repairs and or blending paints for repairs. The photos below are of neck repairs to a Fender CD60 acoustic guitar. The neck before the repair: There was wood and finish loss on the neck. The guitar was being built for a specific purpose and so there would be a […]

DAW Digital Audio Work Stations you can get for free Audacity For the uninitiated Audacity is a free, open source DAW that takes audio recording back to its basics. It has seen massive popularity. With Audacity you can create multi-track recordings and edit them with effects for removing noise, stretching time, correcting pitch etc. Take […]

The Guitar Works Series Posts: https://www.facebook.com/GuitarWorksSeries/ Shop: https://www.facebook.com/GuitarWorksSeries/shop/ Guitar Works Published by Hootsuite · Yesterday at 9:01am · Guitar Works Two. Paperback. Learn custom guitar work with these guides. https://www.createspace.com/5096663 Guitar Works Volume Two: Custom Builds 1 (Volume 2) This manual will give you information that you can use to do your own custom repairs on guitars. As with any […]

This manual will give you information that you can use to do your own custom repairs on guitars. As with any project there is a great deal of time involved with learning to do things correctly, but I have found over the years that slowing down, doing things step by step, you can build what […]